Readers like you keep news free for everyone.
More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.
For the price of one cup of coffee each week you can help keep paywalls away.
Thibault Camus/PA
Christine Lagarde at the Paris court last week
# Verdict
Christine Lagarde found guilty by French court over payout - but will not face a sentence
The IMF head was found guilty for failing to challenge a €404 million compensation payout to a business tycoon.
IMF HEAD CHRISTINE Lagarde has been found guilty of negligence by a French court over a massive payout to a tycoon when she was finance minister -but will not be fined or face prison.
Lagarde was found to be at fault for failing to challenge a €404 million compensation payout to businessman Bernard Tapie over the sale of the Adidas sports brand to Credit Lyonnais bank.
Lagarde, who was France’s finance minister between 2007 and 2011, was not in the Paris court to hear the decision because she is in Washington, where the International Monetary Fund is based, her lawyer said.
The 60-year-old was tried by the Court of Justice of the Republic, a tribunal staffed by judges and members of parliament that hears cases against French ministers accused of wrongdoing in office.
In Washington, an IMF spokesman said the agency’s board would meet shortly to discuss the verdict.
